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badinage

ba·di·nage

UK/ˌbæd.ɪˈnɑːʒ/ US/ˌbæd.ɪˈnɑːdʒ/ uncommon

noun

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Origin

Borrowed from French badinage, from the verb badiner (“jest, joke”) from badin (“playful”), from Occitan badar (“gape”). Distantly related to abash.

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